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Commanding, piercing, and emotionally multidimensional, "I Knew You'd Be Lovely" is a debut story collection that brims with irony, insights about the unpredictable nature of life, and the unbearable beauty of fate.
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About the Author

Alethea Black was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard College in 1991. Her work has won the Arts & Letters prize, been cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories, and appeared in nearlya dozen literary magazines, including The Kenyon Review, The Antioch Review, and Narrative.
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Table of Contents

That of which we cannot speak — The only way out is through — Good in a crisis — The thing itself — The laziest form of revelation — The summer before — Mollusk makes a comeback — I knew you'd be lovely — Proof of love — We've got a great future behind us — Double-blind — The far side of the moon — Someday is today.

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ISBN:
9780307886040
Subtitle:
Stories
Publisher:
Broadway Books
Author:
Black, Alethea
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Publication Date:
20110705
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
238
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